The term “engagement” is often bandied around in the realm of social media marketing, but few businesses truly understand what it means or how to attain it.
Companies may try to get by with minimal effort by simply broadcasting updates about their products, services, and instructional information via social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Participation need not necessarily result in output. The key is to be interesting. The “Want my page!” strategy definitely won’t work as well as you’d like in your.
A – Ask
Asking a person a question is the most effective method to get their attention. Popular alternatives in conversation, “How are you?” and “How’s it going?” are too mundane for online conflict.
How do I address you? might backfire, and “What’s your email?” could come across as excessively direct. In what way concerning…
As in, “What do you think?” Yes! Absolutely correct!
Many people like contemplating issues in depth. They are interested in the ideas of people who believe differently than they do. They undoubtedly want others to know exactly how they feel.
To get people thinking, use one of these “What do you think?” techniques:
Investigate their character. Ask a question that prompts readers to weigh in on a topic and express their thoughts.
Try out the “quiz” that challenges your intelligence. One cannot resist its charms.
Put up a vote if you’re curious. Polls may be quickly made on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. You may interact with your audience and possibly gain useful insights into who they are as people.
Kindly answer my email. How often do you receive an email from a business that just asks you to write back, as opposed to asking you to click on to read, watch, test, or buy something? This is a really interesting tactic that has proven successful for my own and other brands. Not “our email” or “this email,” but “Reply to my email.” The play’s appeal will come from its use of a first-person perspective that emphasises interactions between real people.
Don’t hesitate to inquire. Asking a question is the first step toward interaction. Some of the most interesting and thought-provoking social media interactions occur when users pose timely, relevant questions to their followers in a social stream, blog post, online group or organization, or on a question and response website like Quora.
E – Expression
Because to the convergence of social and mobile technologies, everyone’s smartphone has become a tool for self-expression (thus, “E” for “expression”).
The method of content production is irrelevant. It’s possible that the camera can flip around and face you, or you can face the camera. You may or may not hear anything. You may choose whether or not to edit your photo with filters, emoji, stickers, etc. You have the option of making your posts permanent or having them disappear after a certain amount of time. Although I could go on, I believe you get the point. Smartphone applications have given people a newfound freedom of expression.
Some suggestions for getting people to use your brand in their own content:
Talk it out. Using a hashtag to find other individuals with similar interests is the new way to instantly form online communities. You should perform some research on trending hashtags or come up with your own unique term that embodies your company before releasing anything of interest. Press the hash sign (#) to get your followers involved in discussing the topic at hand.
Challenge participants to post material. Contests that encourage users to create and share their own photographs and videos tend to fare particularly well on social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook. Recipes, recordings, pictures, poetry, essays, and other forms of expression than writing may be requested for contests.
Convene the review team. Reviews, ratings, and testimonials are now integral parts of online stores and beyond thanks to the efforts of industry leaders such as Amazon and Yelp.
Promote your clients, associates, and staff members. You can energies your community, magnify your voice, and entice newcomers by offering them a place to share their thoughts and experiences through advocacy initiatives that include consumers, partners, and workers.
I – Incentive
I’ve already described a lot of different kinds of interactive material (like contests), but I haven’t even brought up the term “gamification” yet. People enjoy games because they provide an opportunity to engage in these activities, compete with others, keep score, and, ultimately, triumph. They are particularly fond of doing so on various forms of social media.
Make your social media competitions worthwhile for your audience by offering them enticing prizes that will feed their competitive nature. Even while huge cash benefits are the most obvious motivator, smaller rewards can often prove to be quite alluring.
Here’s an example of how Converse used a Facebook contest to strengthen their relationship with their audience. Every individual who votes for their favorite pair of hand-drawn Converse All Stars and fills out the entry form for this campaign by Michigan’s Friendship Circle will be placed into a drawing for a free pair of the winners’ choosing. The winning shoe was replicated and sold to generate money for the cause.
O – Offer
It is not necessary to use an interactive or gamified approach in all of your attempts to increase engagement. Traditional methods of enticing clients and prospects to interact with your brand include:
Promotional offers available right now
Clubs that need a membership to enter (example below)
Take your pick of sale items
No cost shipping guarantee
You may “join the Pura Vida Club” by clicking the link in the Instagram bio of the company selling the Pura Vida bracelets. By the way, the 1 million people who follow the company on Instagram are constantly being bombarded with happy customer photographs, inquiries, challenges, postings about philanthropic causes, and dialogues.
U – Utility
According to a study conducted by the Content Marketing Institute and ion interactive, the two primary goals of utilizing interactive content are (1) teaching the audience and (2) engaging the audience.
Most knowledgeable B2B marketers priorities practicality when developing content marketing strategies. Tools, blog posts, video, infographics, downloadable instructions, mini-courses, helpful email sequences, webinars, and much more are all examples of material that may be used to attract potential clients.